Brief Profile
Dr. Mohammed A. Alarabi is a consultant of psychiatry and psychotic disorders and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the College of Medicine, King Saud University. He completed the Saudi Board in Psychiatry in Riyadh and then undertook a clinical fellowship in schizophrenia at the University of Toronto, Canada. His clinical and academic work focuses on schizophrenia spectrum and related psychotic disorders, including treatment-resistant schizophrenia. He has published in peer-reviewed journals on psychotic disorders and antipsychotics.
Dr. Alarabi’s clinical expertise extends to the assessment and management of the various presentations of severe mental illness, such as psychotic depression, bipolar disorders, and schizophrenia spectrum disorders. He focuses on safe prescribing, and the monitoring and management of treatment-associated motor or metabolic dysfunction, such as weight gain.
Core Competencies
- Assessment and management of schizophrenia spectrum and other psychotic disorders.
- Management of treatment-resistant schizophrenia, including systematic assessment and advanced treatment planning including clozapine treatment.
- Monitoring and management of antipsychotic-associated metabolic dysfunction, including weight gain, dysglycaemia, and dyslipidaemia.
- Assessment and management of treatment-associated movement disorders, including tardive dyskinesia.
- Assessment and management of severe depression, including psychotic depression.
- Assessment and management of bipolar disorders, including lithium treatment.
- Catatonia assessment and management, including guideline-informed interventions and longitudinal monitoring.
- Standardized clinical assessment using validated clinical rating scales and measurement-based care approaches.
- Risk assessment and safety planning, including relapse prevention and mitigation of treatment-related risks.
Qualifications
- Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), King Saud University, College of Medicine, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 2017 (First Class Honors)
- Saudi Board in Psychiatry (Residency Training), Saudi Commission for Health Specialties, 2021
- Clinical Fellowship in Schizophrenia (Postdoctoral Training), University of Toronto (Temerty Faculty of Medicine), Canada, 2022–2024
